Updates Urged for Kids' Heart, Breathing Rate Guidelines
2011-03-15
Existing range classifies half of healthy 10-year-olds as having abnormal rates, review findsContinue Reading
Asthma Awareness Can Help Prevent Rush to ER: Experts
2011-03-12
Thousands wind up in hospital daily because of poorly managed disease, physicians’ group saysContinue Reading
New Test for Emphysema on the Horizon
2011-03-11
Simple blood test could enable detection before symptoms, experts sayContinue Reading
Lesser Known Lung Diseases Can Strike Smokers, Ex-Smokers
2011-03-09
Study found these reduced lung capacity, but also reduced chances of emphysema, COPDContinue Reading
Report Spells Out Harms of Coal Power Plants
2011-03-08
American Lung Association sounds call for cleanup in advance of EPA deadlineContinue Reading
Surviving Serious Childhood Illness Takes Toll Later: Study
2011-03-07
Not achieving educational, work goals can plague young adult survivors, researchers sayContinue Reading
For Severe Sinusitis, Oral Steroids an Option, Study Says
2011-02-28
But experts note that the drugs, while beneficial, run the risk of side effectsContinue Reading
Virus Unlikely to Advance Deadly Lung Disease: Study
2011-02-25
Research contradicts previous finding that viral infections worsen idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisContinue Reading
Medical Groups Warn Of Climate Change's Potential Impact on Health
2011-02-24
More asthma, heat waves and microbial disease could result if greenhouse gases aren’t curbedContinue Reading
Kids Growing Up on Farms Less Likely to Have Asthma
2011-02-23
Study finds exposure to variety of barnyard microbes may lower risk of airway diseaseContinue Reading
Cigarette Smoke Fuels Mucus Production in People With Bronchitis
2011-02-23
It suppresses protein that helps kill off excess mucus cells in the airways, study findsContinue Reading
COPD May Make Shingles More Likely
2011-02-22
People taking corticosteroids for breathing disorder face highest risk, study findsContinue Reading
Parents Still Giving Cough, Cold Meds to Kids Under 2: Poll
2011-02-16
Many caregivers, doctors not heeding FDA warning about dangers of over-the-counter drugsContinue Reading